I'll almost done! But, the RX is extremely weak. I pulled the L1 toroid and rescaraped and re-tinned the leads, RX came up significantly, but it was still weak. Then I noticed that when I touch the toroid during RX, it is perfect. What does that mean? How do I fix it? I'm a total kit-building and electronics new so I'm kind of swimming here. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Also, while I'm primarily interested in getting this rig working properly, I'm also very interested in understanding the issue, so if it happens again, I have some idea where to look and what to look for. Thanks in advance.

Google the word "Theremin". Then build one in time for Halloween! Works on the same principle as your (former) problem: body capacitance. Difference is that the Theremin is an audio device (basically).

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